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We Energies plans conversion

We Energies announced plans to convert the 280 MW Valley cogeneration power plant from coal to natural gas. The Valley plant located in Milwaukee and generates electricity for the grid and produces steam for heating hundreds of downtown Milwaukee buildings.The conversion is expected to cost between USD 60 and 65M and the capacity is expected to remain at 280MW.

Buoyant tower traveling to Peru

Wison Offshore & Marine Ltd. And BPZ Energy have announced that the world's first buoyant tower drilling and production platform is en route to Corvina field offshore Peru.

Brazil chases green petchem goal

Brazil leads the global production of biopolymers, an industry that generates fewer greenhouse gas emissions than fossil fuel-based plastic manufacture.

Braskem delays plans for three plants

Plans for two new ethanol-based plastics plants in Brazil and a naphtha-based polypropylene plant that were set to break ground this year will be delayed by Braskem SA until 2013.

Petrobras, BP discover oil off Ceara

Petrobras and BP have discovered oil in a deep-water offshore well in a new area for exploration off Brazil's northeast coast.

Fluid Leak Management & Valve Team Users Groups

The annual summer meeting of the Fluid Leak Management & Valve Team Users Groups (FLMUG/VTUG) takes place August 21-23, 2012 at The Hyatt Lodge at McDonald's Campus in Oak Brook, Illinois, USA.

Fluid Leak Management & Valve Team Users Groups me

The annual summer meeting of the Fluid Leak Management & Valve Team Users Groups (FLMUG/VTUG) takes place August 21-23, 2012 at The Hyatt Lodge at McDonald's Campus in Oak Brook, Illinois, USA.

Nuclear licensing put on hold by NRC

   After a federal court ruling questioned the U.

PCL and Black & Veatch joint-venture awarded power

A Black & Veatch subsidiary and PCL Industrial Construction Co. have been awarded a USD 583 million contract from Louisville Gas & Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company to design and build a natural gas-fueled power plant.

Acrodyne actuation for the fire-fighting industry

 Acrodyne has developed the Koei Unic-05 24 V DC electric actuator as the industry standard for actuation of quick opening ball valves for firefighting trucks.